Faces Places is the second studio album by Globe

Globe (band)

Globe is a dance-oriented Japanese pop band, formed in 1995 by producer and songwriter Tetsuya Komuro. Originally consisting of Komuro, Keiko Yamada and Marc Panther, the group's singles consistently hit the charts...

 released on March 12, 1997.

Album information

The singles from the album Faces Places were "Is This Love," "Can't Stop Fallin' in Love," "Face," "Faces Places" and "Anytime Smokin' Cigarette." Globe

Globe (band)

Globe is a dance-oriented Japanese pop band, formed in 1995 by producer and songwriter Tetsuya Komuro. Originally consisting of Komuro, Keiko Yamada and Marc Panther, the group's singles consistently hit the charts...

 recorded three songs "Is This Love", "Can't Stop Fallin' in Love" and "Face" by new arrangements on the album.

Faces Places debuted at the number-one position with the first week sales of over 1,648,000 copies on the Japanese Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 weekly album charts.

The album sold over three million copies and became third best-selling album on Oricon yearly album charts of 1997 behind GLAY

Glay

Glay is a rock/pop band from Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan formed by guitarist Takuro and vocalist Teru in high school in 1988. Glay primarily composes songs in the rock and pop genres, but they have also composed songs using elements of different styles such as reggae and gospel...

's album Review

Review (album)

Review is the first released greatest hits album from the Japanese rock band, Glay. It was released on October 10, 1997, and this album contains Glay's most popular singles and tracks from their 1994 album Hai to Diamond to their 1996 one Beloved...

and Mr. Children

Mr. Children

, commonly called , is a Japanese rock band formed in 1988 by Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki. As a group, they are one of the most successful Japanese rock artists, having sold over 50 million records and creating the in the mid 1990s in Japan...

's album Bolero

Bolero (album)

Bolero, is Mr. Children's 6th studio album and was released on March 5, 1997. The album debuted at the number-one position on Oricon weekly charts, with the first week sales of over 1,734,000 copies. It sold over 471,000 copies in the next week, but was ranked at No...

.

The album won the 12th Japan Gold Disc Award

Japan Gold Disc Award

The Japan Gold Disc Awards for Music sales in the Recording Industry Association of Japan, is major music awards held annually in Japan also released as a CD.- List of the Artists of the Year :************...

 "Pop album of the year".

Track listing

All compose and arrange: Tetsuya Komuro

Tetsuya Komuro

, also known as TK, is a Japanese keyboardist, guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer born on November 27, 1958 in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. He is recognized as being the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced dance music to the Japanese mainstream...

Lyric: Tetsuya Komuro & Mark

Marc Panther

, real name , is a French-Japanese rapper, singer, and co-producer born on February 27, 1970 in Marseille, France. His father is French and his mother is Okinawan, and he goes by Marc Jule Pinsonnat in France. He is a member of the pop group globe and 245...

(track: 2–4, 6–12), Mark (track: 5)

1. Overdose
2. Degenerate
3. Faces Places
4. Is This Love
5. So far away from home (Beautiful Journey)
6. A Temporary Girl
7. Because I Love the Night
8. Anytime Smokin' Cigarette
9. Watch the Movie ?
10. A Picture on My Mind
11. Face
12. Can't Stop Fallin' in Love
13. Can't Stop Piano Solo
14. Faces Places Remix